Michael Gaynor
Dual standards for Delay and Pelosi
By Michael Gaynor
Tom DeLay is pro-life, conservative, Republican and as effective in accomplishing things as a hammer is in driving a nail where it belongs
Nancy Pelosi is pro-abortion, radical, Democrat and effective in obstructing the will of most Americans.
Tom DeLay resigned as House Republican Majority Leader, because he was indicted and Republican Rules (not House rules) require that.
Nancy Pelosi has not resigned, even though she was found guilty of having a "fund-raising committee. . .improperly accept[] donations over federal limits" and fined $21,000.
The Democrats do not have a rule requiring Pelosi to resign, even though convicted.
What does all this mean?
First, Republicans have higher ethical standards than Democrats.
Second, the Republican rule failed to take into consideration the possibility that a partisan zealot prosecutor would abuse his fiduciary position to indict a person like DeLay, as part of a campaign to falsely depict Republican leaders as corrupt before the 2006 and 2008 elections, and to hinder the effort to implement President Bush's agenda.
Third, an indictment is a charge, nothing more, evidence of nothing. But a determination of guilt is supposed to be conclusive evidence of guilt.
The Republicans need to revise their rule, so that resignation upon indictment is not automatic. And the Democrats need a rule requiring a guilty Democrat leader to resign.
The major media uniformly should have lampooned Pelosi for posturing as as moral exemplar savaging DeLay. But it is too biased to do that.
Pelosi was fined for having a "fund-raising committee. . .improperly accept[] donations over federal limits." Her polical action committee, Team Majority, "was one of two PAC's Pelosi used to fund candidates. . ." The multiple PACs went over the limits by law, according to federal elections officials.
So Pelosi set up two PAC's to circumvent the limit on what one could do!
Is Pelosi genuinely for campaign finance reform, or just another political hack out to get Democrat power back?
If only there were enough decent Dems to dump Pelosi, but, alas, that's what the Dems lack.
© Michael Gaynor
Tom DeLay is pro-life, conservative, Republican and as effective in accomplishing things as a hammer is in driving a nail where it belongs
Nancy Pelosi is pro-abortion, radical, Democrat and effective in obstructing the will of most Americans.
Tom DeLay resigned as House Republican Majority Leader, because he was indicted and Republican Rules (not House rules) require that.
Nancy Pelosi has not resigned, even though she was found guilty of having a "fund-raising committee. . .improperly accept[] donations over federal limits" and fined $21,000.
The Democrats do not have a rule requiring Pelosi to resign, even though convicted.
What does all this mean?
First, Republicans have higher ethical standards than Democrats.
Second, the Republican rule failed to take into consideration the possibility that a partisan zealot prosecutor would abuse his fiduciary position to indict a person like DeLay, as part of a campaign to falsely depict Republican leaders as corrupt before the 2006 and 2008 elections, and to hinder the effort to implement President Bush's agenda.
Third, an indictment is a charge, nothing more, evidence of nothing. But a determination of guilt is supposed to be conclusive evidence of guilt.
The Republicans need to revise their rule, so that resignation upon indictment is not automatic. And the Democrats need a rule requiring a guilty Democrat leader to resign.
The major media uniformly should have lampooned Pelosi for posturing as as moral exemplar savaging DeLay. But it is too biased to do that.
Pelosi was fined for having a "fund-raising committee. . .improperly accept[] donations over federal limits." Her polical action committee, Team Majority, "was one of two PAC's Pelosi used to fund candidates. . ." The multiple PACs went over the limits by law, according to federal elections officials.
So Pelosi set up two PAC's to circumvent the limit on what one could do!
Is Pelosi genuinely for campaign finance reform, or just another political hack out to get Democrat power back?
If only there were enough decent Dems to dump Pelosi, but, alas, that's what the Dems lack.
© Michael Gaynor
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